Warming Bacon for butties

[anonymous-user]

Microwave bacon is rank it is like boiling a steak.

[toasty]

The Spruce goose said:

Microwave bacon is rank it is like boiling a steak.

Only if you buy cheap water-filled bacon, dry cure is much better.

[bashman]

We use one of these to cook bacon in the office, got one for 99p from iceland but the first one i found that is identical is £3 from john lewis. nice crispy bacon

https://www.johnlewis.com/good2heat-microwave-baco...

[TIGA84]

toasty said:

The Spruce goose said:

Microwave bacon is rank it is like boiling a steak.

Only if you buy cheap water-filled bacon, dry cure is much better.

Quite.

Decent bacon will cook very nicely in the microwave.

[anonymous-user]

Next time take a picture.. Bacon law dictates it is cooked via grill or fry anything else is sacrilege. Fat should never be eaten unless it has direct heat, that is what provides the flavor.

Edited by The Spruce goose on Monday 20th November 18:15

[Dromedary66]

TIGA84 said:

Quite.

Decent bacon will cook very nicely in the microwave.

Seems odd to talk about buying decent bacon and then cooking it in a sub-standard way.

[anonymous-user]

Dromedary66 said:

TIGA84 said:

Quite.

Decent bacon will cook very nicely in the microwave.

Seems odd to talk about buying decent bacon and then cooking it in a sub-standard way.

Fastest way to cook bacon (and it will get very crispy very quickly if you're not careful) is deep fat fryer. Literally no more than 10 seconds and it tastes great.

[22]

Thanks all. The local greasy spoon recently reinvented itself as a dinner with veg kind of place. Greggs opens at 7 and don't imagine they'd have bacon the instant they get in. The little van that used to deliver round the industrial estates recently disappeared (& seem to only last a few months before a new company take over then fail).

Think I'll cook it Thursday and warm it Friday morning in the microwave. For this week a least.

[Type R Tom]

22 said:

Thanks all. The local greasy spoon recently reinvented itself as a dinner with veg kind of place. Greggs opens at 7 and don't imagine they'd have bacon the instant they get in. The little van that used to deliver round the industrial estates recently disappeared (& seem to only last a few months before a new company take over then fail).

Think I'll cook it Thursday and warm it Friday morning in the microwave. For this week a least.

If you were willing to get up early enough, sandwiches wrapped in foil and tea towels placed inside a solid cool box should say warm for a while. You can even pre warm the cool box with boiling water if necessary.

[22]

My kids are light sleepers without a 'go back to sleep' function. Mornings are a case of escaping the house as quietly as possible.

[trickywoo]

pitchfork said:

22 said:

...or could just microwave it from scratch (apparently).

For what it's worth, microwaving is my bacon-cooking method of choice. It leaves moisture in the meat, which is what I prefer.

Use a lean bacon, as the fat remains chewy and too much can make eating it a chore.

The microwave can also do great crispy streaky bacon if that’s your thing. You just layer the rashers in kitchen roll and nuke them.

[HOGEPH]

I microwave bacon, and then crisp the fat with a kitchen blowtorch...

[Mr Roper]

HOGEPH said:

I microwave bacon, and then crisp the fat with a kitchen blowtorch...

Really?

[Tuvra]

You can also oven cook it at home and then take it in to work to Micro.

Oven cooking it will cut down the work, mess, preparation time and smell

[cbmotorsport]

Big food safe thermos flask.

You could also swap the bacon for sausages, cook them in the oven before you leave, pop them in the thermos, and serve them up in pre buttered buns when you get there.

Or buy a cheap portable induction hob, and cook it from scratch.

[TIGA84]

Dromedary66 said:

Seems odd to talk about buying decent bacon and then cooking it in a sub-standard way.

It's bacon, not foie gras.

I don't think the phrase substandard accurately reflects the results, personally. No doubt you'll disagree.

[Oakey]

AndrewCrown said:

Just add pan and bacon

Soon to be followed by the "All my workmates died of carbon monoxide poisoning" thread

[toasty]

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Smart-Bacon-Express-Toast...

[soad]

Tuvra said:

Oven cooking it will cut down the work, mess, preparation time and smell

Done it this evening (after a 12 hours shift), worked a treat (streaky bacon).

[Tuvra]

soad said:

Tuvra said:

Oven cooking it will cut down the work, mess, preparation time and smell

Done it this evening (after a 12 hours shift), worked a treat (streaky bacon).

Its the best way for cooking large quantities IMO. My dad's missus has a restaurant and cooks the breakfast bacon this way. I believe she also does the sausages the same way too.

Saves standing over a frying pan cooking a few rashers at a time whilst covering the kitchen in fat